Improvement in ironing-tables



C. W. BARBER & G. LENOX.

IRONING-TABLES.

Patented Sept.18,1877.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. BARBER AND GEORGE LENOX, OF LINDLEYTOWN, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONlNG-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,252, dated September 18, 1877; application filed August 18, 1877.

To all "whom it may concern Be it known that we, CHARLES W. BARBER and GEORGE LENOX, of Lindleytown, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Clothes Bars, Clothes Basket, Ironing-Table, and Shirt-Board, of which the following'is a specification Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of our improved device taken through the line a: at, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same folded.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved device which shall be so constructed as to serve as a receptacle or basket to receive the clothes to be ironed, as clothes-bars to air or dry the clothes, and as a table and a shirt-board for ironing them, and which may be folded into small compass for storage and transportation.

The invention consists in the combination of the main frames, the clothes bars, the clothesbasket, the ironingtable, and the shirtboard with each other, the said parts being constructed and arranged as hereinafter fully described.

A A are the end bars of the main frame, which are pivoted to each other above their centers, and are strengthened by inclined bars a To the upper ends of the bars A are pivoted the lower ends of the curved bars B, which are pivoted to each other near their upper ends. To the upper ends of the bars A, at the rear side of the device, are pivoted the upper ends of the bars 0, to the lower ends of which are pivoted the upper ends of the bars D. The lower ends of the bars D are notched to receive the rod 11? attached to the lower parts of the bars A, at the rear side of the device.

To the bars B O D are attached rods E, to receive the clothes to be aired or dried. To the bars A, near their upper ends, are pivoted the upper ends of the bars F, the lower ends of which are curved inward and are pivoted to each other. To the bars .11 are attached the ends of rods G, which form the basket or receiver for the clothes. To the pivoting-rod of the bars A is hinged the edge of the board H, which forms the ironing table, and which, when raised, is supported by the frame I. The frame 1 is pivoted to the lower parts of the bars A, and is kept in place, when supporting the board H, by stops 72/ attached to the lower side of said board.

To the bars A, at one end of the device, is hinged the end ofa board, J, which forms the shirt-board, and which is supported in place, when raised, by the bars K, the upper ends of which are hinged to the lower side of the outer part of the board J. The lower ends of the bars K are notched or have hooks formed upon them to hook upon the hooks or pins 70 attached to the lower parts of the bars A.

With this construction the device can be folded together into small compass for storage or transportation.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the frames A a a, the clothes-bars B G D E, the clothes-basket F G, the ironing-table H I, and the shirt board J K, with each other, the said parts being constructed and arranged substantially as herein shown and described.

CHARLES W. BARBER. GEORGE LENOX.

Witn esses 'ELAM WATSON, LILLIE SHOEMAKER. 

